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ECG Disconnects Parliament

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The Parliament of Ghana on Thursday operated without electricity from the national grid following a disconnection carried out by the Electricity Company of Ghana.

ECG carried out the disconnection when the House was debating the State of the Nation Address delivered by the President on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Following the disconnection, the offices of the Members of Parliament at the Job 600 building has been without light but the main chamber had light from the generators at the facility.

The development caused some individuals trapped in the elevator and it took the intervention of some security persons to get them out. Parliament is said to be hugely indebted to the power distributor, ECG and that resulted in the power cut.

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Standing Orders 2024

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The Parliament of Ghana has adopted new Standing Orders since the 2nd day of January 2024.

The revised Standing Orders according to the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin seeks to address the evolving needs of Ghana’s dynamic and hybrid parliamentary democracy.

The Speaker, affirming the need for the new Standing Orders said the processes and procedures in the House is challenged, with time and practice exposing the gaps and deficiencies in the November 2000 Standing Orders.

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Ministerial Reshuffle Nominees Ministers Designate from Parliament

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President Akufo-Addo of Ghana has finally yielded to mounting pressure for a government reshuffle, as announced February 14, 2024. Despite nearing the end of his term, the President has initiated significant changes within his administration, a move that some find surprising given the limited timeframe remaining in office.

The decision, communicated via a statement dated February 14, 2024, and issued by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the Presidency, comes with immediate effect.

In this reshuffle, several ministers and deputy ministers have been relieved of their duties while new persons also have been given the opportunity to serve.

The list, however, shows that the parliamentarians have been the biggest beneficiaries.

Above is the infographic of MPs appointed as ministers under the reshuffle.

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Ministerial Reshuffle Nominees Deputy Designate from Parliament

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President Akufo-Addo of Ghana has finally yielded to mounting pressure for a government reshuffle, as announced February 14, 2024. Despite nearing the end of his term, the President has initiated significant changes within his administration, a move that some find surprising given the limited timeframe remaining in office.

The decision, communicated via a statement dated February 14, 2024, and issued by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the Presidency, comes with immediate effect.

In this reshuffle, several deputy ministers have been relieved of their duties while new persons also have been given the opportunity to serve.

The list, however, shows that the parliamentarians have been the biggest beneficiaries.

The above infographic of MPs appointed under the reshuffle.

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Committee of Selection and Standing Committees

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A Committee of Selection is one of the first committees set up at the beginning of every new parliament.

The Committee under the Chairmanship of the Speaker is appointed to prepare lists of chairpersons, vice chairpersons and Members to compose the Standing Committees.

It ensures that every Member of Parliament in accordance with clause (4) of article 103 of the Constitution, serve on at least one of the Standing Committees.

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Meet The Only 2 Terms Speaker Of Ghana’s 4th Republic

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Ghana’s fourth republican dispensation has so far seen a number of Speakers over the period. However, majority of these Speakers have only managed to serve a parliament.

The fourth republic, has thus recorded only one Speaker who had the opportunity of serving in two different parliaments. Thus, the first and second parliaments.

Meet Justice Daniel Annan – Speaker of parliament from 1993 through to 2001.

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More MPs get ministerial positions in latest reshuffle

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A number of Members of Parliament from the Majority side have been appointed to ministerial and deputy ministerial positions in the latest ministerial reshuffle by the President Nana Akufo Addo.

The Presidency on February 14, 2024 in a statement gave the list which included the following MPs as either designate to Ministerial portfolio or deputy Ministerial positions.

Ministerial positions
Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation – Ophelia Mensah Hayford,
Gender, Children and Social Protection Hon. Dakoa Newman,
Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah
Sanitation and Water Resources – Lydia Seyram Alhassan
Tourism, Arts and Culture Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer,

Deputy Ministers Designate
Information – Sylvester Tetteh
Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development -Vincent Ekow Assafuah
Communications and Digitilisation – Charles Acheampong
Health – Adelaide Ntim, Alexander Akwasi Acquah;
Works and Housing – Dr. Prince Hamidu Armah;
Lands and Natural Resources – Akwasi Konadu;
Fisheries and Aquaculture Development – Musah Abdul Aziz Ayaba;
Energy – John Kobina Sanie, Collins Adomako Mensah;
Education – Kingsley Nyarko;
Employment and Labour Relations – Festus Awuah Kwofie;
Gender, Children and Social Protection – Benjamin Sekyere Yeboah.

Meanwhile the following persons have also been re-assigned
Finance – Mohammed Amin Adam;
Interior – Henry Quartey;
Roads and Highways – Francis Asenso-Boakye;
Works and Housing – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah;
Minister of State, Office of the President – Ambrose Dery;
Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development – Abdulai Abanga

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Akim Oda MP retools five public institutions

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The Member of Parliament for Akyem Oda Constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, on Monday, February 5, 2024 donated office equipment to five public agencies that operate in his constituency.

The agencies namely the Ghana National Fire Service, National Disaster Management.

Organization (NADMO), National Ambulance Service, Ghana Education Service and National Health Insurance Authority had appealed to the MP to help them retool to enhance their operations.

The Member of Parliament stated that this donation is part of his commitment to empower these agencies and other entities within the constituency to deliver quality service to his constituents.

He emphasized the importance of a more condusive working environment and therefore urged the recipient agencies to develop and maintain a proper maintenance culture.

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